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Gambling: Gambling Problems
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According to the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors in Canada reported that the thrill of it, not the money, is the primary motivation for gambling among young people. “When playing, adolescents with serious gambling problems report that nothing else matters, and that they are able to forget about their problems.”
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At the same time, the gambling industry faced challenges. The rise of Internet gambling, for example, appeared for a while to pose a serious threat to traditional gambling outlets, as anyone with an online connection could wager real money on sports or casino games. Because gambling Web sites are often based in foreign countries, they pay no taxes to the local governments where the gamblers live. Online gambling ... posed problems for regulators attempting to enforce gambling laws. In 2006 the U.S. Congress passed a law making it illegal for banks and credit card companies to send payments to Internet gambling sites. The firms that run the sites announced they would not take bets from U.S. customers, and the market value of the firms plunged.
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While every person is different - everyone's gambling problem will be at a different level. Financial situation and/or difficulties will be diverse, stress levels, family circumstances, self-esteem and confidence levels, degree of shame/guilt, employment situation and determination to stop will be all different - so each recovery requires an individual approach by the person wanting to recover from a gambling problem. What is important though, is that gambling does not run a person's life any longer. There are many ways to start recovery and continue with it to eventually find a way to a better life. From Gamblers Anonymous and Gam-Anon meetings to group therapy meetings, one-on-one and family counselling, outpatient and inpatient treatment programs, self-help books, internet support groups and research facilities, etc. - there is a great deal of help available in many places around the world.
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[A] study by the Minnesota Institute of Public Health found that gambling is a significant problem for 5 percent of college students. Most people don't realize they have a gambling problem for seven or eight years, he said. Whether it starts in high school, college or later in life, he said gambling addictions usually lead to financial destruction, broken marriages, ruined friendships and ultimately, unhappiness.
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Treatment and counseling services are available free to any Oregon resident who has problems related to gambling, either as a problem gambler or as a family member or friend of a problem gambler. Lottery-financed services are delivered through 27 outpatient treatment clinics across the state, short-term crisis-respite centers in Grants Pass and St. Helens, a residential treatment center in Salem and a home-study program for people with less severe problems. People wishing to speak with a counselor about problems related to gambling may call toll free: 1-877-2-STOP-NOW (1-877-278-6766). Treatment is free, confidential and it works.
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Despite the acceptance, gambling began to be blamed for the problems of the colonies. To investors and others in England, the prevalence of gambling suggested an atmosphere of idleness and vice. Financiers began to suspect that it was the root cause of the inability of the colonies to sustain themselves.4 The colonies had been relying on England to supply provisions and to replace dying settlers.
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